Maalot Massacre Mastermind Returning to West Bank?

Appealing as this may sound, the one-state solution is like telling a couple in the midst of a messy breakup that, since they can’t agree on how to divide up the CD collection, the answer to their problems is to get married instead.

• The Christian Science Monitor explains why Argentina’s now eager to make nice with Iran, despite the unresolved issue of Iran’s links to bombings of the Jewish community center and Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires:

Banned from international credit markets because of outstanding debts with the Paris Club and World Bank, Argentina has brokered bilateral agreements with autocratic regimes like Iran. Pinioned by international sanctions, Iran has also had to look for new partners, finding in South America a sympathetic group of populist governments, according to Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, an economist and professor at Virginia Tech university.

• Yemen confirmed that the arms ship it intercepted last week was an Iranian vessel and disclosed some of the weaponry destined for Houthi rebels. Reuters says we’re talking about Russian-made SAM 2 and SAM 3 missiles.

• You think fact-checking a photo is easy? When an unusual photo from his hometown went viral, Matthew Hansen went to the trouble of tracking down the truth behind The Great Omaha Manhole Fireball Mystery.

1. The number of Syrian refugees NOW exceeds the number of Palestinian refugees created in 1948. Syrian refugees as of 28 January 2013 (UNHCR) is 714,118 as compared to 711,000 Palestinian refugees (June 1946 – May 1948) (THE UNITED NATIONS CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE)

2. The death toll in the 21 month Syrian conflict NOW exceeds the combined total casualties on all sides in the Arab-Israeli wars – 60000 Syrian dead as compared to 54098 total dead in the Arab-Israeli wars.

True enough. But the outrage is muted by the fact they were not killed by Jews. Also, these refugees are unlikely to get their own U.N. relief agency, or have their great grandchildren labeled as refugees, 60 years from now.